The tech world keeps spinning, and sometimes that means saying goodbye to old friends. Today, NVIDIA officially waved farewell to some long-standing graphics card favorites. If you’re still rocking a GPU from the 700, 900, or 10-series, a new era of driver support is closing for you.
The graphics giant confirmed that new drivers, starting with version 580, will no longer work with the older 700, 900, and 10-series cards. This also includes the powerful Titan V. You can still use your current setup, of course. Any driver version older than 580 will keep your card running. However, these older drivers won’t get any new security updates or “Game Ready” updates going forward. This means new games might not run as well, and your system could be less secure over time.
These graphics cards use different core technologies. The 750, 750Ti, and 900-series cards are based on the Maxwell architecture. The 10-series cards use the Pascal architecture. The Titan V, a real powerhouse, uses the Volta architecture. The news effectively says goodbye to cards like the legendary GTX 750Ti, a card many folks joked could run anything.
Don’t worry if you own a slightly newer card. NVIDIA confirmed that the 16-series GPUs, like the 1650, 1660, and 1660 Super, will still get driver support. They are safe from this change.
This news reminds us that technology moves fast. Even the best hardware eventually reaches its end-of-life for official support. While your older card might still run, this announcement is a gentle nudge. It might be time to think about upgrading to a newer model for the best performance and security (Source: notebookcheck.net).
Your facts are incorrect. Support ceases AFTER the 580 driver series, not beginning with that series. From Nvidia themselves:
Support for Maxwell-, Pascal-, and Volta-based GPUs
The release 580 series will be the last to support GPUs based on the Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures.
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/unix-graphics-feature-deprecation-schedule/60588